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PAGE 2. â€"v‘â€" The heaviest shipments of live stock of the year and one of the biggest on record was made Monday from Mea- ford. Ten car loads were shipped. Five were by the Rocklyn Farmers’ Club and five by Mr. Clifford Loucks. Mr. Lou‘ck’s cars were three of cattle one of sheep and one of hogs. There was a tremendous line up of stock sleighs at the yards and the stock train did not get away until 5 o’clock. Shipments from Meaford have been heavy all fall. Prices are good except for hogs.â€"Meaford Mirror. V‘ 5 m .vvâ€"v- â€" bing boards have been built in and it is hoped that next year the equipment will include a shower bath. The hock- ey club is very grateful to the direc- tors of the Arena for the building of this room, and hope that by playing better hockey they will refund to them the cost of construction through larger gate receipts.â€"Southampon Beacon. Mr. Darley Lovatt has been awarded the life saving medal and certificate by the Royal Humane Society of Canada. It will be remembered that Mr. Lobatt pulled Mr. Herbzert Sin- clair out of the river after the latter had gone through the railing of the station bridge in his delivery truck. Affidavit of eye witnesses were sent away and the board passed favorably on the matter. It is some years since a similar award was made in this town. The council is planning to make the presentation at a. public function to do proper honor to Mr. Lovatt.â€" Meaford Mirror. The new club room, built in the Southammon Community Arena for the hockey boys. has been completed and ic a VON finP one. Situated at V U After sixâ€" hours’ deliberation. the jury in the case of Cyril Kempel. the Walkerton last week. brought in a verdict of not guilty. The charge laid against Kempel was the outcome of a motor accident which happened on the last night of the Mildmay Old Home Week last July, when George Henry of Cleveland was knocked down and ser- iously injured by a car driven by Kempelâ€"Hanover Post. there was danger of infection and other complications were liable to arise. We are glad to hear, however, that the crucial point seems to have passed and the patient is doing as well as might A ‘â€"___A-A Serious Accident Mr. Thomas Taylor was the victim of a very distressing accident on Thursday last which nearly cost him his life. and from which he is yet in a critical condition. He was using the sheep shears working with -. .his flock when by some means he fell on the sharp point of the shears, which en- tered the lower part of the left lung and coming out behind the shoulder. Mrs. Taylor was near him at the time and as soon as she could leave her prostrated husband went to the house and called their son, who lives op- posite their home, and together they removed the injured man to the house. Dr. Carter was soon in attendance. He found that there was considerable internal hemmorhage from which Bentinck township might be called the water channel of Grey County. The township is well watered by the Saugeen, the south branch of the same river, the Styx and Deer Creek in the north, which has a great vol- ume of water as many streams that are designated rivers. Besides, there are scores of small spring creeks wl: ich cross and recross the sideroads and concessions. There are no fewer than 77 bridges spanning these streams and that requires the an- nual spending of a lot of township funds to keep the bridges in repair and build new ones. At the recent Bentinck nominations. the Township Treasurer advanced the information that in the last five years, seven brid- ges had cost the township $44,000. We doubt if any township in Ontario has had such a big building program in 'the same time. Rivers and creeks are essential for drainage purposes. and â€"â€" '__ increase the value of pasture farms but with the drainage from the height of land at Dundalk. the highest point in Ontario, and from Osprey. Artem- esia and Glenelg, pouring through Bentinck. there is such a thing as too much of a good thing. We believe the Bentinck Council could make out a strong case before the Highways De- partment for special consideration ‘- -â€"-â€"â€" â€"L£â€" _--I. 15 Chickens Stolen Sunday Night. Sunday evening. December 9. 15 chickens disappeared from the prem- ises of Adam Quanz. who lives on the southern outskirts of Walkerton. The theft was discovered the following morning. Chief Ferguson. who is us- ually ‘successful in tracing parties im- plicated in such affairs. has laid an information against a boy, about 17 The chickens were sold to Buchalter, who was in the act of 5131?- --_vâ€"_ _ grit! an increase-of the township sub- sidy from 30 per cent as provided in the Highways‘ Act.â€"â€"Chesley Entei- prise. life Saving Medal Awarded 3}“?! 15177549, - :7:le Water Channel of Grey Live Stock Shipping ..â€"Fleshérton Advance. __ 'Thev thief selected Sunday evening, when the owner was away at church to rob the roost.â€"Wa1kerton Telescope. "'r vâ€" - Provincial Constable L. H. Denton, who had been investigating the case, in his report to the District Inspector at Kitchener. sent in during the first part of the investigation, tells of the death of the two McQuarrie brothers On April 18, 1927, a short time after Neil McQuarrie died from the effects of the fire. Angus McQuarrie had a sale of stock and implements, at which Allan Francis, the accused, who__was -- ---â€" vâ€" â€" â€"â€" v 'â€" The trial was a lengthy one, lasting throughout Wednesday morning, af- ternoon and until 10 o’clock in the evening. Evidences of hand writing experts. among them 0. B. Stanton of Toronto. was given at request of the Crown. Seventeen documents were produced in aiding the hand writing experts. - - - " “___LA_‘ a nephew of the McQuarrie brothers and a neighbor, acted as clerk. 'Fol- lowing the sale, it is said. Francis took the notes and books regarding the sale home with him. Convicted of Forgery A case that has excited much inter- est in Proton Township and elsewhere was disposed of at the County Court in Owen Sound before Judge Sutherland on Wednesday last' which lasted until 10 o'clock at night. The jury was out VI "‘1 “Our vwvâ€"v Francis appeared on a charge of forgery in connection with the ad- ministration of the McQuarrie estate. vwv-w -â€" Angus and Neil, the latter dying from the effects of a fire at his home on April 8, 1927, the former being found dead at his home on February 17, 1928. On May 27, 1927, Francis discount- ed two of the thirteen notes, and on August 2. 1927, McQuarrie left thir- teen notes at a Dundalk bank to be collected, shortly afterwards leaving for the west. -V v "'v-â€" over two hours before finding Francis guilty of forgery. A sentence of 18 months indeterminate imprisonment in the Ontario Reformatory at Guelph was imposed. _ . A_ _R Some time in December, 1927, a. man called at the bank to pay a note which he had given McQuarrieA at _the sale. The man received a notice from the bank in February, notifying of the above note when it became due. There was a note exactly the same as that he had paid in the bank which was disputed and which was a forgery. Five notes which were the property of Angus McQuarrie had been forged. â€"â€"Mt. Forest Confederate. Double Drowning at Salem Drayton people were deeply shocked on Saturday when they learned of the sad drowning at Salem of the two Saunders boys whose parents are well- known here. It appears that George Elmer Saunders, 12 years old, and Harold Roswell Sanders, 8 years old, sons of Mr. and Mrs. George Sanders. Salem. were drowned in the Irvine River, above the dam, in that village, but a short distance from their hane, on Saturday. “The two 'children started out from home Saturday morning to follow their older brother. who was going out to the farm of Mr. Herbert Scott. When a short distance out of the vil- lage he prevailed upon them to turn back home. ’_ _ _ On their way back they are thought to have played for a time on the ice near the shore, afterwards venturing to the centre of the river, where the ice was thin. They evidently broke through and went under without be- ing able to raise a cry for help. No alarm. was given until the bro- ther returned home from Scott’s about 8.30 o’clock Saturday evening, when he informed his parents that the children were not with him. IV v-v --" Immediately a search was instituted over the country side for miles around, but without results. Around 11 o’clock Sunday morning, attention was turned to the river, one of the boy’s caps being seen on the ice and about 3.30 in the afternoon the body of the younger lad was recovered, and later, at 5 o’clock, that of the other. The bodies were located near the centre of the river above the dam and not very far from the back of their par- ent’s garden, which comes down to the riverside. The father of the children is an em- ployeee of the T. E. Bissell Company, Elora. There are seven children in the family. â€"-â€"Drayton Advocate. Resigns: as Inspector Somewhat of a surprise was sprung on the community last week when it became known that Mr. Robert Gal- braith, B. A., who has filled the posi- tion of Public School Inspector for North Wellington so faithfully and ef- ficiently for the past twenty-two years. has tendered his resignation to the County Council to take effect at the end of June, 1929. Though still a man of much vigor and energy, performing his duties with ability and acceptance, Mr. Galbraith no doubt feels that the duties of the position are to arduous and that he may well take advantage of his right to retire. He will do so, bearing the good will and best wishes of all for many years of usefulness and happi- nest. Before entering on his duties as In- spector in 1906 Mr. Galbraith had spent about twenty-five years as teacher in Public and ‘High Schools so that he will be retiring with close on half a century of educational service. so that release from duties that or Narrowly Escaped Arrest. recent years have become more and more exacting is well earnedâ€"Mount Forest Confederate. From authentic information just received two of our young farmers who visited the winter 1811' gt Guelph last week were nearly run In by the any of his works, but promise ourseu ‘ the treat of correcting that defect one of these days, for while it is quite con- ceivable that nothing he ever wrote is worth a moment’s serious considera- tion, the fact that he wrote so mucn makes him a kind of monster well worth studying. He writes a complete novel every two or three weeks, and in the course of a year turns out hall a dozen or more plays which are accept- ed. In addition he is a literary and turf critic. We should infer that In: would write enough original matter to fill this page every day, and this being so, it is impossible that there should be much distinction about it. That does not prevent as many as 5,000,000 copies of his various works being sold in a single year, and the fact that as a youth he wrote publishable poetry in- clines us to think that his work cannot be uniformly bad. Has Written 140 Novels Wallace was born in England, and not in the United ' States, that land or super-production. He had a moderate education, served for some years as a private soldier, went to South Africa where he established a newspaper, and returned to England. About twenty- two years ago he began the writing 01. detective stories and similar ‘shockers. He did this well and his fame grew among those who ask no more of lit- erature than that it shall excite or mystify them. But it is possible for any man to have very many readers and still not make great profits for himself since the main profits go to the publishers. In order to increase his income Wallace did not increase his ;quality, but his output, and soon began Ito become known for his prolificacy. lIndeed the rumor got about that Wai- llace was not 2. man but a syndicate like the late Bertha M. Clay. He is not sure of the number, but believes that he has written 140 novels. He admits that he may have forgotten a couple. He does not know precisely the number of plays he has knocked of! when resting between novels, but sup- poses about twenty. Probably he will write more plays in proportion in the future since there seems to be a lot or money in them. Four Plays Running at Once He used to write his plays and sell them to a producer but recently has been his own agent. He wrote a thriller for the late Frank Curzon 101 which he received only £6,000, while Curzon made £20,000. This piece was a racing play called “The Ringer”, anu its experience caused Wallace to change his methods. He writes the plays, casts them, hires the actors and Eif there is a profit he takes it, and if there is a loss he pockets it. Last 'Winter he had four plays appearing simultaneously in London. One night he gave a banquet at the Savoy Hotel to the people he 'was employing in his various theatres, and 590 sat down to table. It was this incident that drew public attention to him, and sent the newspapers hustling for interâ€" views. At the time he was dramatic critic of the Morning Post, and a rac- ing expert for Sunday organs, but there were still millions in England unaware of his multifarious activities, even 01 his existence. Now, thanks to the curosity of such papers as the Daily Mail, there is not much excuse for anybody in England not knowing a good deal about Wallace. The Iact that the newspapers mate jokes about him as they do about Henry Ford, shows that solid fame is at last his. A Fast Worker One story is to the effect that Wal- lace’s butler in his mansion in Portland Place answers the phone and says “I’m sorry sir, I can’t put you through, Mr. Wallace is finishing a new play and lert word that he must not be disturbed. What’s that, sir? You’ll hold the wire?” The foundation for this joke is that a couple of years ago Wallace promised to write a play for a manager over the week-end. It was then Satur- day and he had no plot. 0n Wednes- day he delivered the play to the man- ager. “The Strange Countess,” one of his novels was begun on Thursday Guelph police and they got the scare of their lives. With a desire to broad- en their minds on things argarian and incidentally take a rest from the strain of a season of heavy work on the farm, these promising young farmers headed toward the agricultural College to add to their store of in- formation and also to see the best the country produces on her rich acres. During a lull at the Fair they started out to walk to a friend or relative’s who lived on the opposite side of the city. Just about that time a couple of hard workers at the prison farm decided to take a holiday also and the police were sent scurrying to find them. The minions of the law over- took the two Culross citizens walking along the road and started to question then and by the time the barrage of questions had done their bewilderment the young fellows were in a panic. ‘Their incoherent answers looked sus- picious and they were taken in tow by the burly, hard-hearted officers and made to prove their claim. that they were going to visit a relative. Being honest young men, as Culross fellows are, it was not long until the officers were satisfied that ,- their captives were real freeholders of Culross and not the two that were taking French leave of absence from enforced labors at the prison tumâ€"Teeswater News. THE DURHAM CHRONICLE “The Flying Squad”, 8. play of the same name, and another play entit- led “The Man Who Changed H15 A Racing Tipster Mr. Wallace is said to be prouder of his racing articles than any other phase of his literary output. He is very keen on racing, attends all the meets, and does not hesitate to an- nounce which horse is likely to come down in front. He has tens of thou- sands who stake their money on his selections, and they perhaps profit as much as those who spend their money on his books, though in the last Derby he came a cropper. He assured mil- lions that the favorite could not pos- sibly lose, but the favorite finished twelfth. This discrepancy is to be forgiven Mr. Wallace, because nearly everybody else fell into the same er- ror. About the only thing about Mr. Wallace that the public does not know by this time is the size of his income It is supposed to be about £50,000 a year, but upon this point Mr. Wallace annoyingly fails to be fluent. ENORMOUS LOSSES FROM Stem rust is regarded today as the most serious problem in wheat pro- duction in Manitoba and Saskatche- wan. It is believed to have caused an average annual loss during the past twenty-five years of at least $25,000,000. In the one season of 1916 the estim- ated loss to the wheat crop of the Prairie Provinces due to rust is believ- ed to have been $200,000,000. Rust is caused by a fungus parasite, the life history of which is .fully explained in a new bulletin, numbered 106, issued' by the Department of Agriculture, at, Ottawa. This publication, by D. L. Bailey, Senior Plant Pathologist at the Dominion Rust Research Laboratory,‘I Winnipeg, bears the title "Stem Rustl in Western Canada”. The field sur-. veys which have been carried out to[ determine the origin and spread of! stem rust. indicate that the earliest in-‘ vasions each year are due to rust, spores that are brought by winds to the Prairie Provinces from the wheat fields of the United States. According to this bulletin published by the Division of Botany, the Experimental Farms are actively engaged on a plant breeding programme by which it‘ is hoped to build up strains of heavy yielding and early varieties of good milling wheat resistant to the most distructive varieties of rust. About twenty different crosses are now being carried on, some of which have reached the fourth generation. As relief by this procedure cannot be ex- pected for several years the Depart- ment has been working upon treat- ments of the crop that offer hope in controlling rust. The bulletin shows an aeroplane in operation spreading sulphur across a wheat .field as a means of defeating the rust attack in its destructive work. This bulletin, which is available at the publication Branch of the Department of Agricul- ture, Ottawa, recommends to those who find that they can no longer grow some of the older varieties of wheat with profit because of rust, to make a trial of some earlier varieties that may be recommended to them by their nearest Experimental Farm or Agriâ€" cultural College. time he has actually been unable to see a gate at a railroad crossing, am: ’if he does occasionally (glimpse it, his beat the train across the track. There is a fable which says: “In the days succeeding the Centaur, wnen horses, mules and asses were used as the propelling power of vehicles to transport humans, gates were used to stop travelers on the highways when a railroad train approached. The horses, mules, and asses, seeing the gate across the road, stopped and let the tram go by in safety to themselves. “In the progress of mankind moto; vehicles were produced, and then the ass, instead of drawing the buggy, climbed into the front seat and became the driver of the flivver. Since that Said Mrs. Fluff, well garbed in silk Well kept, well housed, and red on milk “Who’s that strange cat across the “My dear, your eyesight must be poor; That short-haired cat before the door 15 Mrs. Meow; she’s not our style,” Said Mrs. Puff, with catlike smile. ARISTOCRACY AND. THE street? Now, really, did we ever meet?” “I fear she’s rather underbred, And common cats I really dread. She hobnobs with the butcher man And lunches from the old scrap can.” Just then a mouse, a. tiny thing, Across the pavement made a spring. Plain Mrs. Meow and Mrs. F'lufl “Dear me, of course, we needn’e call She’s really not OUR kind at all. It’s not her fault, my dear, you see, She hasn’t any P-E-D-I-G-R-E-E.” And. sad to say, Mrs. “Moralâ€"Keep the ass in his place.” delight is to run it down in trying :0 day We find we’re all of common clay. â€"The Cat Review A11 made a rush, and such a blur Of cats and claws and mouse and mr. Which goes to prove that some fine EVOLUTION COMMON PEOPLE RUST WefirstsawlawinCanada,theiana We are the pulse of Canada, its mar- row and its blood. And we, the men of Canada, can face the world and brag That we were born in Canada, beneath the British flag. Few of us have the blood of kings, few i are of courtly birth, But few are vagabonds or_ : And all have one credential that en- titles us to bragâ€" ,That we were born in Canada, beneath the British flag. We’ve yet to make our money, we’ve yet to make our fame, But we have gold and glory in our clear colonial name; And every man’s a millionaire if omy he can brag That he was born in Canada, beneath the British flag. Canadian born, We count no man so noble as the one No title and no coronet is half so proudley worn As that which is inherited as men mowwwwwwo- 'défiétfm name and birth; OI The Dutch may have tnelr Ho the Spaniard have .1115 85% That they were born in Canada. be neath the British flag. ‘ â€"E. Pauline J Ohnson and a fellow in a big Packard crashe'd’ into the rear end of me truck. Shure it didn’t hurt his machine very much, but he jumped off_ and ranhup 1.0 me shakin’ his first, ‘Hey, you little Harp' why didn’t you put out your hand?: Put out me hand, says I, ye dang fool if ye couldn’t sag the truck, how Caulci Many a man who boasts that he never made a mistake in his life is still young enough to get married- Los Angeles EXaminer. who makes phefbrag Share! the accident A NEW YEAR’S PRAYER by Laura Simmons Oh, Young New Yearâ€"take not these things from me: The olden faiths; the shining loyalty 0f friends, the long and searching years have proved The glowing hearth-fire: ' books I loved; All wanted kindnesses and welcome: All safe. hard-trodden paths to which Oh, blyth Nei' Year. glad with _ thrill of springâ€" Leave me the ways that were my By Sarah Stuart Barber cur; I asked the New Year for some mottot 1011 sweet, .. '1 Some rule of life with which to guide 501. my feet; D01 I asked and paused, he answered soft 9d? and low: ‘em “God’s will to know.” ‘he4‘ “. “Will knowledge, then, suffice. New Year?" I cried. And ere the question into silence died The answer came: “Nay. but remem- her. too. God’s will to do.” Once more I asked. “Is there no more to tell?” And once again the answer softly fell: “Yea. this one thing all other things above, God’s will to love.” BE A GIVER! by Mary Carolyn Davies God. let me be a giver. and not one Who only takes and takes unceasingly God let me give. so that not just my But other’s lives. as well. may richer Let me give out whatever I may hold. Of what material things life may be heaping; Let me give raiment. shelter. food or gold. If these are. through Thy bounty. in urers. May I give my faith and hope and cheerfulness. Belief and dreams and joy and laugh- ter gay Some lonely soul to bless. But greater than such fleeting treas- What will you bring to me. Ne What will you bring to me: What of joy or what of grief In days that are to be? What will you bring to me. New Year? Ah, noâ€"you will not tellâ€"- Enrapt in silent mystery You guard your secrets well. 0 “ (AA But what you bring to me. New Ye What you bring to me. Matters not so much, I know As what I bring to thee. At Home If I bring to thee. New Year. Faith and courage high. What circumstance can come I cannot profit by? Saying It With Daggers Meeting his pet enemy on Main St one day. Jim observed affably: "I was sayin‘ some good thing: about you to a mon this morning." "You was?” “Ya'as. I said you had the bes' cattle an‘ sheep of any farmer ‘ knowed. An’ what was more. I sat that pair of hosses o' yourn was m finest in the Countyâ€"wuth at leas "Who'd you say it 1 flattered man. “The tax assessor." A New Year's Resolution my keeping. â€"Ruth Raehurn. 1929 it to?" queried m New Year? the t0 Can Grit: Eng chm sp: tw CU?